Halo: Reach October Patch Details Revealed

Earlier this week, Bungie revealed that they were preparing a patch for Halo: Reach that enabled campaign matchmaking and made a bunch of other changes as well. Today they announced what all those other changes are.

Playlist Changes

SWAT Playlist added (SWAT removed from Big Team Battle and Team Slayer)

Campaign Matchmaking (live on 10/15 – You will be required to have earned the Grade “Corporal” to enter this Playlist)

Team Slayer rebalanced to highlight default Slayer game variants and include new offerings

Classic Slayer removed

Removed “Pro” game variants from the Arena Playlist

Removed Boardwalk from Arena Team Doubles Playlist

Added “Return to Battlefield” volume to Space on Zealot in the Arena Playlist

Game Variants Additions

King of the Hill (multiple Playlists, including Arena*)

Rocket Race

Juggernaut (Rumble Pit Playlist)

*King of the Hill not included in Arena

General Housekeeping

Sudden Death will be added to all Assault game variants, including Invasion

Team Objective will now feature the map Powerhouse

Replacing Drop Shield with Evade for King of the Hill, Territories, and Oddball

Replacing Hologram with Evade in Oddball, Capture the Flag, Assault, and Stockpile

"We'll make some more noise about a potential second October update as soon as the details are set in stone," said Bungie. "Suffice to say, we'll be adding some new 'stuff' to keep it fresh and we've already begun to dig into some sweet user created content in search of future matchmaking hopefuls."